I love Canadian tv

09-16-2004, 05:17 PM

Does anyone else watch Degrassi Junior High? Or Degrassi the next generation?

I just discovered that I get a Canadian station on t.v. and my gf and I are obsessed with it. Last night we watched like 3 or 4 back-to-back episodes. There's something really appealing about Canadian tv. It's so wholesome and corny, but for some reason I can't get enough of it. Plus, there's something very non-corporate about it. They use music like The Shins in the promos, and the product placement isn't as whoreish as American tv. Plus, shorter commercial breaks, and oh yeah...

I noticed that the main character had a pimple, but the show producers didn't attempt to cover it up or special FX it out. They just left it!!! That would never happen on American tv. It's refreshing that not everyone in North America is as superfcial as the average American.

I love Canadian tv.

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alright kids. if you want to be purist about it, you've got to watch 'the kids of degrassi street', then 'degrassi jr high', then 'degrassi high', then 'degrassi tng' or whatever it is. you'll notice in the newest one that some of the old students are in it as parents and teachers.

and then you can all come to toronto and i'll take you on a tour. there is a real degrassi street and school. and a few years back, i swear i saw 'wheels' selling sunglasses outside the eaton centre on yonge st.

!!!

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is that like Saved by the bell?? or ami like tooooooooooootally out of the loop....

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ha, ha, leave it to Uncle to be the expert on Degrassi. From the channel I get here, you'd think that was the only show you guys have. On top of showing old Degrassi re-runs and Degrassi tng, they also have Degrassi unscripted. I haven't caught that one yet, but it seems like they interview the actors and show behind-the-scenes stuff.

Canada is a funny place.

I want to move there.

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'wake up in the mornin' feeling shy and lonely gee i gotta go to schoooooool
i don't think i can make it i don't think i can take it something something something cool or rule or somethiiiiiiiiiing...'

c'mon magnus! help me out! i know you know this!

we used to sing ' wake up in the morning, feeling hot and horney, gee i gotta go to schooooool'

haha. what wits we were....*sigh*

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Man! Is this your first experience with Degrassi DY? I grew up watching that show, it saved my parents the trouble of having to give me the sex talk, the drug talk, more or less Degrassi raised me. Watch through them all and then rent Degrassi: Schools Out. Its a movie about all the Degrassi kids graduating, it was pretty controversial. Correct me if I am wrong Unc. but I think that it's the first official time they said pancake on the toob in Canada. We used to pick apart our group of friends in school and be like, he's definately the Arthur of the group.
I watched a Degrassi Reunion a couple years back on Jonovision (I can't believe that Jonathan Torrens is on a reality TV show in the states, Don't you guys get Trailer Park Boys or re-runs of Street Cents) and I think most of them are hard up for work. I see Joey Jeramiah doing public health awareness commercials on the CBC about eating right.
Correct me if I'm wrong again Unc. but I heard a rumour that Aaron Spelling tried to by the rights to Degrassi or something like that and couldn't. When he was denied he was forced to come up with something similar and this turned out to be the breeding ground for the cesspool that would become Beverly Hills 90210.

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